Digital entertainment terminal providing multiple digital pictures
US5847771A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 14, 1996 |
| Grant date | Dec 8, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 14, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/43632
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Two MPEG-encoded digital data streams are simultaneously decoded in a digital entertainment terminal to provide Picture-in-Picture (PIP) and Picture-on-Picture (POP) capabilities for a conventional television. A primary MPEG-encoded data stream is decoded using a digital video processor optimized for MPEG2 decoding or a dedicated MPEG2 decoder system. A secondary MPEG-encoded data stream is partially processed by filtering the B frames of the secondary MPEG-encoded data stream and using the corresponding I and P frames in a partial decoding arrangement to obtain decompressed video data providing a limited-resolution representation of a second program. Partial decoding may also be performed using only I frames. The partial decoding may be implemented through execution of software by a general-purpose microprocessor. Alternatively, the media processor may perform the partial decoding during the idle intervals of the dedicated media processor.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.